To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: A story of truth and positivity
Review: A story set in the south when racism was considered the norm. A single parent (Atticus) had the job of raising his daughter Scout, and his older son, Jem. At the same time his job and obligation was to defend a innocent black man against a white jury. Throughout the story you see that Atticus does what is right for him and no one else. As his two children get older you notice the strong and positive influence Atticus instills in his children. I believe that more people should have the same mind set as Atticus.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: It dealt with many issues facing America then and to an extent now.

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Summary: Cruelty, Love, and Humor all rolled in to 281 pages.
Review: When my teacher first told my class that we were going to read a 281 page novel called, "To Kill a Mockingbird" I let out a moan. 281 long pages with tiny words and I was stuck reading it. My thoughts changed when I opened up the book and began reading about Jem and Scout. My feelings quickly changed from not wanting to reading this novel to not wanting to put it down until i was done ( which is unusual for a 10th grade student to say.) I felt that in some way I was connected to Scout through her storytelling. Miss Lee's writing shows that racism occurs in society but some people can see ast the color of ones skin, that there is a lot of hatred in the world, and that going from innocence to experience can occur within the blink of an eye. I strongly recomend that all young adults read this sometime in their school career, even if it is not assigned. I assure you that you will not regret it!

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Summary: This book showed me what small town people can accomplish
Review: I am a college student at Auburn University but I grew up in a town in Alabama about the size of Scout's home town. It was also an hour away from Harper Lee's home town of Monroeville. This book showed me how people from Anywhere, USA could change the world that they lived in. I believe that it also showed the rest of the world how people from the deep south are not all ignorant, racist clods.

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Summary: Best book I've ever read
Review: This is a great book about the life of a white family whose father takes on a case with a black man. The children have to go through alot like being teased at school because their father is defending a black man. They also live by Boo Radley that hasn't been seen for years. The kids are scared of him and think that he is going to hurt them, but when Scout and Jem are attacked Boo saves Jem's life and they really find out that Boo isn't a bad guy after all. This is one of the best book I ever had to read.

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Summary: i loved it
Review: at first when i tried to read this book,the first few pages were to confusing.i had to put it down and stop reading it.later i tried it again,and once i got past the first few pages i couldnt belive how much i loved.it was,and still is one of my favorites out of all the books ive read(and belive me i have read a lot!)most of my books are on my shelves,but this one? oh no!it has its own special place on my basket.i can't bring myself to put it away. then it would be like i was finnaly addmitting the book was over !and i dont want the magic to end!i didnt put much about the book in here,but mabye if people see how much i love it,they'll read it anyway!here's my advice:DO NOT GO THOROUGH LIFE WITHOUT READING THIS BOOK! ITS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: I wanted to become a lawyer!!
Review: An IMPRESSIVE classic! It was so good, I seriously considered entering Law School after reading this! For any classicphobiacs, this book's an excellent, smooth-reading yet intense read!

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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: I loved To Kill a Mockingbird. This book was so intriguing, I read it cover to cover without stopping!

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Summary: This book, if carefully read, will positively change you.
Review: I am just a teenager and I must be honest, I had never enjoyed reading till I read this book, which was recomended by a great teacher. I just started analyzing this book with my high school english class about a month ago. we havent even finished going over the whole thing yet. But, I have never had one thing teach me so much about being a good person. This story, about two small children Jem Finch and Scout Finch living in the judgemental town of Maycomb in Alabama shows us how dangerous a thing racism is, how judging a person by someone elses opinion can turn an innocent man into a recluse and what it means to be a good christian and parent. These people of Maycomb County called themselves Christian when they were living a lie to god, other people and themselves. The setting takes place during the great depression when people had no jobs but to gossip about other people. An example of this is the neighborhood recluse Boo Radley. Many people started saying bad things about him and his past that most of the town was believing a lie, that he was a criminal. Because of this, Boo decides to stay away from people. Harper Lee decides to show the reader how bad people and lies are, and she refers to Boo as a mockingbird, which is an animal that does not bother anyone and is reclusive. The people go on asking themselves why Boo is reclusive when they are the reasons. Another example of people living a lie is the law case of a black man Tom Robinson. He is wrongly accused of raping a girl.The whole town knows who the real raper is , but they continue to lie to themselves that the black man is the wrong-doer.In the middle of this is Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout. He is the only one who brings up his children the right way, which is how he lives his life. Just think for yourself. Maycomb County believes in the lie of racism and that it is the right thing to believe in only because that is how they were taught. But, Atticus is different. He is introspective like his children and his children like ! him. His parents and probably told him that he should judge a person on the color of their skin, but he thought it out realized that racism is the sin. People may not have agreed with him and some of these people tried to kill him for his beliefs. But, Atticus had what not many people had and what his children picked up from him, this was courage. He decided to stick up for what he believed in. Atticus is the ideal Man-of-god, the ideal parent and the ideal person. Harper Lee probably used his character in this book, hoping to teach her readers how to be an Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, or a Scout. The moral of this book is to think about what you are taught and think for yourself and stick up for what you think is right. Infact, you dont have to read this masterpiece because I gave you reasons to, but because it is your duty to. After all, what do I know, I am just fifteen and this is maybe my favorite book yet and there are probably many more greater books than this one. What I do know is that this book made me like to read and To Kill A Mockingird makes me want to be a better person and keep on searching for those greater books.

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Summary: An inspirational tale for the heart...
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I believe that To Kill A Mockingbird is the single most important novel a person can read in their life. My class has just finished reading the novel (10th grade English) and I am just astonished! I am not one who reads alot, but I couldn't wait to finish the novel, but for personal reasons, rather just removing the burden of nightly reading and study questions.